Cory Monteith: Best moments on Glee (with videos)

Staff, Vancouver Sun07.14.2013

In this Monday April 12, 2010 file photo, Cory Monteith, a cast member in the television series "Glee," arrives at the "Glee" Spring Premiere Soiree in Los Angeles, Vancouver police say Canadian born actor Montieth, star of the hit show "Glee" has been found dead in city hotel.Handout
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Pedestrians walk past the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck ORG XMIT: VCRD210Darryl Dyck
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Police officers enter the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck ORG XMIT: VCRD209Darryl Dyck
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Police officers enter the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013.Chris Pizzello
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Vancouver Police Acting Chief Doug LePard, left, and British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe leave a news conference after announcing the death of Canadian actor Corey Monteith in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. Monteith was found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel Saturday afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck ORG XMIT: VCRD202Chris Pizzello
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Vancouver Police Acting Chief Doug LePard, left, and British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe listen to questions after announcing the death of Canadian actor Corey Monteith during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. Monteith was found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel Saturday afternoon.Darryl Dyck
/ The Canadian Press

British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe pauses after speaking about the death of Canadian actor Corey Monteith during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. Monteith was found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel Saturday afternoon.The Canadian Press
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British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe speaks about the death of Canadian actor Corey Monteith as Vancouver Police Acting Chief Doug LePard, right, listens during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. Monteith was found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel Saturday afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck ORG XMIT: VCRD205Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver Police Acting Chief Doug LePard announces the death of Canadian actor Corey Monteith during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. Monteith was found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel Saturday afternoon.Darryl Dyck
/ Darryl Dyck

The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013.The Canadian Press
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The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel is the location where actor Cory Monteith died, in Vancouver on July 14, 2013.Wayne Leidenfrost
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The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel is the location where actor Cory Monteith died, in Vancouver on July 14, 2013.Wayne Leidenfrost
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The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel is the location where actor Cory Monteith died, in Vancouver on July 14, 2013.Wayne Leidenfrost
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The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
/ The Canadian Press

The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013.Darryl Dyck
/ Darryl Dyck

Police officers enter the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel where - according to Vancouver Police - Canadian actor Corey Monteith was found dead in a room earlier in the day, in Vancouver, B.C., late Saturday July 13, 2013.Darryl Dyck
/ Canadian Press

Actor Cory Monteith arrives for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Expo Center in Los Angeles, California in this January 30, 2011 file photo. Monteith, who played heart throb Finn Hudson in the Fox hit "Glee," was found dead in a Vancouver, Canada, hotel room on July 13, 2013, police said. He was 31. Vancouver police said the cause of death was not immediately apparent, but they ruled out foul play.Valerie Macon
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The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel is the location where actor Cory Monteith died, in Vancouver on July 14, 2013.Wayne Leidenfrost
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Cory Montheith of GLEE signs autographs for fans at the Hot Topic store in the Natick Mall, Natick, MA on Monday, Aug. 17th for "THE GLEEK TOUR."Fox
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Sir Richard Branson, Quebec singer IMA and Glee star Cory Monteith pose for media in front of the Virgin Mobile that parked inf ront of the new Virgin Mobile store in Montreal on Friday, June 10, 2011. The celebrities attended the new Montreal Virgin store grand opening on Friday, where they also launched the new RE*Generation Samsung Gravity 3 phone, announcing that $15 dollars of each phone bought goes to the RE*Generation movement to raise money for homeless youth across Canada.Bryanna Bradley
/ Montreal Gazette

Cory Montheith of GLEE takes pictures at the Hot Topic store in the Natick Mall, Natick, MA on Monday, Aug. 17th for THE GLEEK TOUR. The cast of the new fall comedy GLEE is hitting the road this summer.Fox
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Actor Cory Monteith arrives at the Premiere Of Twentieth Century Fox's "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" at the Regency Village Theater on August 6, 2011 in Westwood, California. At a Saturday night press conference Vancouver police said Monteith, star of the hit show Glee, had been found deadFrazer Harrison
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(L-R) Actors Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith arrive at the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox's "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" held at the Regency Village Theater on August 6, 2011 in Westwood, California.Kevin Winter
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Actor Cory Monteith arrives at the Premiere Of Twentieth Century Fox's "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" at the Regency Village Theater on August 6, 2011 in Westwood, California.Frazer Harrison
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Actor Cory Monteith arrives at the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox's "Glee The 3D Concert Movie" held at the Regency Village Theater on August 6, 2011 in Westwood, California.Kevin Winter
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Canadian actor Cory Monteith, right, and his girlfriend, actress Lea Michele attend game 1 of an NHL Western Conference quarter-final playoff hockey series between the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday May 1, 2013.Darryl Dyck
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Actor Cory Monteith, winner of the Best Actor Comedy award for "Glee" poses in the press room during the 2011 Teen Choice Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on August 7, 2011 in Universal City, California.Jason Merritt
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Calgary-born actor Cory Monteith rose to fame playing naive quarterback-turned-singer Finn Hudson on the hit television series "Glee". Monteith, 31, was found dead Saturday at the Vancouver Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. This is a look back at his career on the popular show.This is the first audition for the show with co-star and on-again off-again love Lea Michele. His first audition tape displayed his quirky drumming skills using glasses, mugs and plastic containers with unsharpened pencils as drum sticks.He recreated the charming audition in an interview with Ellen, as he spoke to getting the part as Finn Hudson.This is a Finn performing a solo of "Can't Fight This Feeling".Despite what the casting directors considered a weaker voice during auditions, he had many singing solos on the show.An extended performance video of "I'll Stand By You" on Glee.

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